Bee-hive



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W. 0. VINCENT.

BEE HIVE.

No. 337,097. Patgnted Mar 2, 1886.

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iINrTEo STATES PATENT W'ILLIAM O. VINCENT, NEYVFOUNDLAND, KENTUCKY.

-BEE-HIVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,097, dated March 2, 11386.

Application filed June 1, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM OSCAR VIN- CENT, of Newfoundland, in the county of Elliott and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bee-Hives, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my improved bee-hives. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, shown partly in section'and with the lower part of the roof folded back. Fig. 3 is asectional side elevation of the same, taken through the broken line at m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a sectional plan View of the same, taken through the broken line-yy y'y, Fig. 3.

The object of this invention is to provide bee-hives constructed in such a manner that the bees can be readily controlled and'fed and protected from moths.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the hive,

as will be hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

A represents the body of the hive, which is provided with a division-board, B, so that the said body A can be divided into two unequal parts, as shown in Fig. 3, to form a broodchamber and a smaller chamber for raising queens, or into two chambers of equal size to form two brood-chambers, or placed against the front or rear wall to form a single broodchamber.

In the lower edges of the front and back walls of the hive are formed openings 0, through which the bees pass in and out.

Into the bottom of the hive beneath the opening 0 are sunk-small metal plates D, beneath each of which is formed a recess, E. Into each recess E leads a passage, F, the entrance-opening of which is in the bottom of the hive at the outer edge of the plate D. The passages F and the recesses E are made of such a size that moths can enter the said recesses and lay their eggs. The plates D can be slipped into recesses in the lower edges of the walls of the hive to uncover the recesses E, so that the eggs of the moths or the worms, in

Serial No. 167,318. (Model) The feed-boards G are-further secured in place a by hooks H, hinged to the end flanges of the said feed-boards G, and which hook into staples or upon pins I, attached to cleats J, se-

cured to the outer sides of the upper edges of the middle parts of the side walls ofthebodyA:

The middle part of the body A. is covered by the honey-board K, which rests upon the. top bars of the comb-frames L, placed in-th'e brood-chamber. ThecombframesLthrough' out the hive are all of the same size and construction,so that the said frames can be changed from one compartment of the'hive to another as circumstances may require.

The ends of the top bars of the frames L project beyond the end bars and rest uponshoulders formed by rabbeting the inner sides of the top edges of the walls of the chambers in which the said comb-frames are placed.

M is the honey-box, which is open at the top and bottom and rests upon the upper edges of the walls of the body A of the hive. I

The honey-box M is covered by the baseboard of the middle or upper part, N, of the roof, which is kept in place upon the said honey-box M by flanges attached to the said baseboard, and which overlap the upper parts of the walls of the said honey-box.

To the lower corners of the middle part, N, of the roof or cover are hinged the upper corners of the lower or side parts, 0, of thesaid roof or cover. The side parts, 0, of the cover are made of such a size as to cover and inclose the two angular spaces at the sides of the honey-box M and above the feed-boards G, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The honey-box M is secured in place by hooks P, hinged to the ends of the said honeybox, and which hook into staples Q, attached to the cleats J, hereinbefore described.

The middle part, N, of the cover is secured to the honey-box M by hooks R, hinged to the said honey-box and booking into staples S, attached to the said part- N of the cover.

With this construction by removing the honey-board K the bees can be allowed to pass back and forth between the brood-chamber and the said honey-box.

Bees can be allowed to have access to the honey-box M with or without removing the honey-board K through an opening, T, formed through the cleat J, and in which is pivoted a bllllOl], U, so that the said opening can be closed by turning the said button parallel with the said cleat, and opened by turning the said button at right angles with the said cleat. The ends of the opening T and of the but-ton U are beveled, as indicated in Fig. 4, so that the said button will close the said opening tightly. To the lower part of the cleat J is attached a flange, V, to serve as a platform for the bees to alight upon and take fligh from.

\Vith this construction, by placing the division-board B at or near the center of the body A of the hive, the hive may be used to receive three distinct swarms of bees. By placing the division-board B close to one of the walls of the body A of the hive the said body will form a single large chamber, with oneentrance, the other entrance being closed by the said division-board.

In an opening in one or both the feed-boards G is placed the food-receiver, which is made with an open trough, W, in its upper part to receive candy or other dry food, and a chamber, X, in itslower part for sirup or other liquid food. The bottom of the chamber X has-two or more openings formed through it, which openings are covered with fine wiregauze, through which the liquid is drawn by the bees.

In one end of the trough \V is formed a chamber, Y, through which liquid food is introduced, through the bottom of which is formed an opening into the chamber X. In the top of the chamber Y is formed an opening having a collar, which is provided with an air-tight screw-cap, Z, to prevent the liquid food from flowing out through the gauzecovered openings in the bottom of the chamber X.

Liquid food can be placed in the trough W by placing upon its surface wire-gauze supported by floats to prevent the bees from getting into the liquid and being drowned.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A bee hive constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the body A, having entrance-openings at the lower edges of both front and rear walls, and provided with an adj list-able division board, the removable feed-boardsGand honeyboard K, covering the said body, the honey box M, placed over the middle partof the hive-body, and the cover N 0, made in three parts hinged to each other and resting upon and covering the honey-box and the feedboards, substantially as herein shown and de' scribed.

2. In a bee-hive, the combination, with the body A of the hive and the honey-box M. of the cheat J, having opening T, and provided with a button, U, pivoted in the said opening, and a flange, V, attached to the said cleat, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a bee-hive, the combination, with the feed-board G and the body A of the hive, of the food-receiver made with a trough. W. and a chamber, X, having gauze-covered bottom openings and provided with an inlet-chamber, Y, having screw-cap Z, substantially as herein shown and described.

WILLIAM O. VINCENT.

Witnesses:

J AMES D. JONES, HARVEY M. BOWLING. 

